Comments on: Geocaching update, Paperless with the PN-40

By: Pam Merrill

Pam Merrill — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:46:07 +0000

I’m very interested in purching the PN-40….will it work in Canada (we are planning a trip there this Sept. 2009).

By: Chip Noble - Design

Chip Noble - Design — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:57:53 +0000

Peter: make sure that you have the 2.5 public beta installed if you’re looking for geocaching functionality.

Marcellus Barrus: You can load your pocket queries into Topo USA’s Draw tab using File>Import. After you’ve loaded them there you can send them to the PN-40. You can also load pocket queries that you modify through GSAK. There is a tutorial for this in the owner manual and there are lots of tips on this in our forums. You might also consider reading the following blog post where I give some tips for best performance from Topo USA and the PN-20. The PN-40 has a similar interface when used with Topo USA. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://blog.delorme.com/2008/04/14/geocaching-tips-for-topo-usa-and-pn-20-owners/

Thanks for the comments,
Chip Noble
DeLorme

By: Marcellus Barrus

Marcellus Barrus — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:03:38 +0000

I just received my Earthmate PN-40 in the mail yesterday. I have read that the biggest hurdle that everybody has is the Software. I would have to agree. It isn’t worth the frustration. I upgraded the firmware and have enjoyed the new geocaching screens, but I can’t figure out how to load my 10,000+ geocaches from my weekly pocket query updates. The plugin works fine for those hunts that you do one at a time, but for us serious geocachers wanting a serious tool, this isn’t going to work. My Earthmate PN-40 is back in the box ready to be returned to the store.

Marcellus

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:04:05 +0000

I have a question. New pn-40 owner and new to geocacheing. I see the screen shots on this page and notice I do not have the field notes page or the Log Geocache page is this normal? I love the unit and am so impressed with all the info on these pages. thanks for all your hard work.

By: Robert Perkins

Robert Perkins — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:51:47 +0000

Thanks for all the hard work, The PN-40 update is great with some quirks, but worth the extra features that comes with it, when you get Cache Register up and running nobody will have anything to look foward to. LOL. \Totally looking foward to that, hopefully when things get worked out with final update on the 40, those that have the 20 can get a update boost to make it somehow faster or more responsive, thanks again.

By: Charles Ramsey

Charles Ramsey — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:21:32 +0000

The new plugin is great….Thank you all.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:03:25 +0000

Thanks to the Delorme team for rolling this out, the interface for downloading the waypoints from Geocache.com is flawless. I now know I made the right decision with my purchase of the PN -40. I went from a Street Pilot to the 40 and I’m very happy.The learning curve was minimal and the maps, tracks are geocaches are very intuitive.

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:35:06 +0000

I went on to GeoCaching.com before lunch and the Send to GPS – delorme was on there. Does that mean the Firmware will be released. After getting back from lunch the site says it is down for maintenance.

By: Ric (Mighty Mo)

Ric (Mighty Mo) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:34:15 +0000

Chip thanks. 15,000 characters should work. I don’t think I would want to read a small novel on the trail anyway. I know that the DeLORME team is very diligently and will supply the usual quality product as soon as possible.

Patience my son patience!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:20:33 +0000

15,000 character limit?! HA HA HA HA! That should be enough to cover 99.94% of caches out there.

That’s a large limit. Nice.